FORGIVENESS
By milesprower06
Chapter 1 – 'Off'
Janyu Wong sat at his desk inside the Hypnos offices. He continued to sift through and categorize the seemingly endless amounts of data they had received during the D-Reaper crisis.
'Certainly nothing better to do…'
He was finding it difficult to concentrate on his work today. Hell, it had been hard to focus all week. He was still coming to terms with what they had to do…
"Hey, Janyu. Coffee break?" someone said from behind him. Janyu didn't need to turn to see who it was – he only interacted with about five people on a daily basis.
"Maybe in a bit, Shibumi. I'm in the middle of something." he replied.
"We've all been in the middle of something for the past week. Come on, Janyu, one breather isn't going to kill you. I'd like to talk."
Janyu gave in, and nodded. He swiveled his chair around and got up.
"I guess I could use a break."
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Janyu sipped at his cup of coffee as he stared out the glass wall of the employee lounge at the cityscape that was downtown Shinjuku. Shibumi came up next to him, having just gotten his drink.
"You said you wanted to talk?" Janyu asked his colleague.
"Yeah. You seem to be a bit off today, Janyu."
"I've been 'off' all week, Shibumi."
"Is what happened last week still on your mind?"
"I'd be worried if it wasn't."
"It's what we had to do, Janyu."
"Yeah. Maybe the blow wouldn't be so hard…if what we 'had to do' didn't destroy my relationship with my son."
"He'll come to understand that –"
"No," Janyu interrupted.
"Maybe you don't understand. He hasn't spoken to me since it happened. He won't look at me; he won't acknowledge me at all…and I don't blame him."
"I sympathize with you completely, Janyu. But that doesn't change the fact that it was necessary."
Janyu stared into his coffee cup, and took a deep breath.
"I don't care how necessary it was," he said, looking Shibumi directly in the eyes.
"What we did was wrong."